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So, since I'm apparently going to be Warriors Reduex the Third the Fourth (Thanks WA! Pleaselettheresultschange) and because I /loathe/ the thought of having Kestrel, Hare and Heather in anyway related to Darktail, and the fact Onestar cheated on Whitetail, and the fact Darktail is /old as fuck/, I have to change Darktail's parentage.
His mother will now be called Caramel, and will be a tortie van. Some sweet kittypet who lived in the new city upon the old forest.
His father? The cat that gave him any connection to the clans? /Silk./ Yeah, y'know, the father of Fernfoot's kits in HR? That guy. Sometime before he met Fern he and Caramel did it; he and his Twolegs were on a summer trip to the lake. Still gives him some unintentional connection to the clans.
Also, once Darktail was adopted, he was exploring and met Sol, and the tom took him under his wing, eventually telling him about the clans, and how they betrayed him, thus fueling his hatred of the clans instead of the shit excuse they didn't "accept him."
Plus, why not have Sol? He was a fabulous manipulator~ plus, Darktail was only about 8 moons. Impressionable lil' thing. The only exposure he had to other cats were when his mother's owners and his owners either gave him playdates with their friend's cats or let him roam. (I should turn this into a story by itself. Might make a book of changes.) [1/2 or 3. idk.]